The ITUC global trade union confederation has written to Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta to express its concern over his government's determination to leave the labour law, passed by the previous government – unchanged. There had been an agreement with trade unions to revise both the new Labour Code and the new Social Dialogue Law that have lead to a significant worsening of working conditions and deterioration of collective bargaining. Precarious work is now much more widespread and the percentage of the population living below the poverty line is one of the largest in the European Union. The ITUC is urging other organisations to write to Ponta and EPSU has done so.
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